Des Moines News

Authorities say whiteout conditions on Oregon's Mount Hood will prevent mountaineers or aircraft from searching for two climbers who have been missing on the state's tallest mountain since the weekend.

Mt. Hood, Oregon - The search for two missing climbers on Oregon's Mount Hood is expected to resume Monday morning.

The body of 26-year old Luke Gullberg, of Des Moines, was found Saturday morning at the 9,000 foot level of Oregon's Mount Hood.

Fears of an avalanche on Mount Hood forced rescuers to use a helicopter and airplanes in their search for two missing climbers on Sunday, a day after crews found the body of their climbing companion on a glacier on Oregon's highest mountain.

PORTLAND - The body of a climber was found Saturday on Mount Hood but two other climbers were still missing after a daylong search.

Police in Des Moines are investigating the death of a 95-year-old woman who was found dead outside the Wesley Homes Health Care Center in Des Moines.

Serving the Issaquah Municipal Court since 2007, Judge N. Scott Stewart was confirmed for another four-year term as the city's only judge at the City Council's Dec.

The annual Community Food and Toy Drive for Des Moines and Federal Way is under way at all South King Fire and Rescue stations.

How can you identify a potential murderer? Do they walk different, talk different - look like everyday folks? Do they appear as harmless as a toothless dog, when truth is their brain is brewing up a hurricane-force storm of hatred and/or mental instability? Ask celebrity true crime author Ann Rule, who after a volunteer shift at the Crisis Clinic ...

In an effort to balance the budget Des Moines will eliminate five police officers after the first of the year.

Des Moines officials are seeking public comment on a couple of city projects. The Des Moines Planning Agency will review draft Marina District Design Guidelines at a public meeting on Dec.

With an ex-convict suspected in the coffee-shop ambush killings of four police officers now dead, authorities focused on pursuing those who may have helped him escape and stay on the lam for two days amid a frantic manhunt.

A 28-year-old Des Moines man was sentenced Nov. 20 in U.S. District Court to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute.

While the city of Des Moines struggles with choosing between police and parks in adopting next year's budget, the city of SeaTac managed Nov.

Burien City Council Regular council meetings are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. Meetings are held at Burien City Hall, 400 S.W. 152nd St.

KING 5 News has learned that the crime that sent Maurice Clemmons to prison in Arkansas, supposedly for life, was also committed against a police officer.

Three Des Moines police officers will be laid off following action by the city council.

If you live in the service borders of South King Fire and Rescue, you may have recently received a survey call about a Benefit Service Charge.

Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log: a Suspect rams police vehicle: At 4:26 p.m. Nov.

Aviation High School kicked off a major capital campaign at an event last week at the home of James and Sherry Raisbeck.